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Media Analysis - Merchant of Venice
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Media Analysis 'Merchant of Venice' The film 'Merchant of Venice' directed by Michael Radford is a modern remake of William Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice. Radford has also directed films such as the 'Postman" and 'Another Time, Another Place' both which are classified as Drama's for their genres. This film was released in 2004 and stars Oscar winners - Al Pacino and Jeremy Irons and Bafta Nominee Joseph Fiennes. This has been done very accurately and there have been bold choices made in choosing the cast such as Al Pacino playing the leading character Shylock and Jeremy Irons playing Antonio. As in the original novel there is a strong anti-Semitism theme, portrayed by the cruelty of the Venetian Christians towards the Jewish people. Other themes are love friendship and corruption. In Shakespeare's period this would have been considered a comedy due to the mockery of their Jewish counterparts, but now in a society...
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